Roger Abrams

Collaboration will focus on research presentations & publications in the area of current and emerging sport legal issues and trends. Work will intersect primarily with the PTW, MVP & UYS areas of the Center.

Abrams is the Richardson Professor of Law at Northeastern University School of Law. The former dean of the law schools at Northeastern, Rutgers and Nova Universities, Professor Abrams has taught Sports Law since 1985 and is the author of four books on baseball, covering issues of sports economics, law, social history, and game theory. Professor Abrams has served as a Major League Baseball salary arbitrator since 1986, and has set the salaries for baseball players such as Johnny Damon, Edgar Renteria and Ron Darling. Professor Abrams first worked with the Center for the Study of Sport in Society in 2003 to celebrate the centennial of the First World Series, which took place at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, now part of the Northeastern campus.